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A court hearing could provide details of allegations against school workers charged with lying and interfering with investigators following the rape of a 16-year-old girl by two eastern Ohio high school football... A court hearing could provide details of allegations against school workers charged with lying and interfering with investigators ... (more)

As it turned out, the attack was only the first of nine times that the Taliban have tried to assassinate the 63-year-old former professor of agriculture since December 2008, when he left his position at a Canadian university for what is arguably one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

The Homeland Security Department has investigated whether Iranian operatives exploited a controversial U.S. visa program for immigrant investors, according to a DHS memo revealed on Thursday.

A 68-year-old former paralegal who had been accused of plotting to kidnap and kill Las Vegas police officers to advance an anti-government sovereign citizen philosophy pleaded guilty Thursday to a greatly reduced misdemeanor charge, and a judge set her free.

In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures.

The book-length manuscript, titled "The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict" and written under the name Robert Reed, describes the author's experiences while incarcerated in New York from the 1830s through the 1850s.

The U.S. Marine general who opened the Guantánamo detention camp said Thursday it was a mistake and should be shut down because "it validates every negative perception of the United States."

The investigation into the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco's airport last summer has highlighted problems with cockpit culture and the trainee pilot's lack of confidence in his... The investigation into the crash-landing of an Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco's airport last summer has highlighted problems with ... (more)

This undated booking photo released by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office in Hauppauge, N.Y., shows Brittany Ozarowski, who pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 10, 2013, in Suffolk County Court, to a 24-count indictment charging her with grand larceny, forgery and other crimes.

Maxine Doogan of the Erotic Service Providers Union, from left, Rachel West of the US PROStitutes Collective and Kimberly Horiuchi, spokesperson for the ACLU on victim compensation talk before a meeting with others who claim that the California Victims Compensation Board discriminates against sex workers by denying them benefits after having been ... (more)

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This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows Arizona's state police agency detective Carmen Figueroa.

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Two U.N. special investigators said Tuesday that they're afraid an Algerian man, recently sent home from Guantanamo Bay against his will, is now in danger.

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One name stands out on the guest list of thousands of youth at a conference in Ecuador this week: Elian Gonzalez.

This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows inmate Stanley Wrice.

With a quick handshake, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro whipped up a frenzy Tuesday that led many to wonder whether a shift is coming between the former Cold War nations.

To GraA a Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of state and government, past and present; distinguished guests - it is a singular honor to be with you today, to celebrate a life unlike any other.

At Nelson Mandela's memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president.